Trying to Get Back on Track - Houston Marathon Training Weeks 8, 9, 10, and 11

Houston Marathon Training Week 8
70¼ miles for the week (November 3rd to November 9th)

M AM – 7 miles recovery run, average pace 8:30 mpm, 74°F at 9AM, waiting to go to work for more refueling outage inspections [SeaC/SSTrail/SeaC]
M PM – missed
Tu AM – 5¼ miles recovery run, average pace 8:30 mpm, 70°F at 4AM [Dow/Ol]
Tu PM – missed
W AM - 5¾ miles general aerobic, average pace 7:28 mpm, 75°F at 4AM [Dow/BS]
W PM – 10 miles on the track, average pace 6:59 mpm, 76°F at 7PM and completely soaked in sweat [B’Wood track]
Th AM – 5¼ miles recovery run, average pace 8:44 mpm, 74°F at 4AM [Dow/Ol]
Th PM – missed
F - 11 miles, average pace 7:34 mpm, this was supposed to be 12 miles with 6 miles at LT pace, but my left knee was bothering me so I took it easy, 67°F from 9AM [SeaC/SSTrail-2x2M/SeaC]
Sa – 8¾ miles recovery run, average pace 9:15 mpm, 76°F at 11:30AM, left knee still bothering me [SeaC/SSTrail-MBT/SeaC]
Su – 17¾ miles, with a 25K race at average pace 6:41 mpm, 50°F to 64°F at Hobby starting at 7AM, [Memorial Drive]



Houston Marathon Training Week 9
35½ miles for the week (November 10th to November 16th)

M AM – 4 miles recovery run, average pace 9:11 mpm, 74°F at 4AM [Dow-]
M PM – missed
Tu AM – missed, 70°F at 4AM
Tu PM – missed
W AM - missed, 66°F at 4AM
W PM – missed
Th AM – missed, 63°F at 4AM
Th PM – missed
F - 9 miles, average pace 7:25 mpm, this was supposed to be 13 miles but I took it easy, 79°F from 3PM [SeaC/SSTrail-2M/SeaC]
Sa – 7 miles recovery run, average pace 8:26 mpm, 53°F at 6PM [SeaC/SSTrail/SeaC]
Su – 15½ miles, average pace 7:11 mpm, felt pretty good but kept it short to avoid re-injury, 55°F starting at Noon very nice and sunny [FWRes-MacL/SSTrail4x2M/SeaC]



Houston Marathon Training Week 10
56¼ miles for the week (November 17th to November 23rd)

M AM – missed 46°F at 4AM
M PM – missed
Tu AM – 5¾ miles general aerobic, average pace 6:51 mpm, 50°F at 4AM [Dow/BS]
W – 8 miles on the track, average pace 6:55 mpm, this was supposed to be 600s but I just ran a slowly increasing speed run, 67°F at 7PM [B’Wood track]
Th AM – 4 miles recovery run, average pace 8:10 mpm, 62°F at 4AM [Dow-]
Th PM – missed
F AM - 13 miles, average pace 7:08 mpm, 55°F from 1PM [SeaC/SSTrail-3x2M/SeaC]
F PM – missed
Sa – 8½ miles recovery run, average pace 9:02 mpm, 66°F at 1PM [SeaC/SSTrail-MBT/SeaC]
Su – 17 miles, average pace 7:45 mpm, 76°F at 11AM, [FWRes/SSTrail5x2M/SeaC]



Houston Marathon Training Week 11
76¾ miles for the week (November 24th to November 30th)

M AM – 4¾ miles recovery run, average pace 8:55 mpm, 71°F at 4AM [Dow]
M PM – missed
Tu – 11 miles general aerobic, average pace 7:36 mpm, 62°F at 11AM, vacation day [SeaC/SSTrail-2x2M/SeaC]
W – 15 miles, average pace 7:36 mpm, 73°F at 1PM, vacation day [SeaC/SSTrail-4x2M/SeaC]
Th AM – missed 64°F at 6AM
Th PM – missed, Thanksgiving Day nap instead
F AM - 13 miles, average pace 7:22 mpm, 80°F from 2PM, this was supposed to be 12 with 7 miles at LT but I didn't feel capable of an LT run in this heat and humidity [SeaC/SSTrail-3x2M/SeaC]
F PM – missed
Sa – 9 miles recovery run, average pace 8:22 mpm, 64°F at 4PM [SeaC/SSTrail-2M/SeaC]
Su – 24 miles, average pace 7:20 mpm, 61°F to 64°F starting at 11AM, [Oak-OCD-SOaks-Oak//SeaC/SSTrail-4x2M/SeaC]


November was not a good month. I ran the 25K race poorly. I took three days off to help my left knee, but the problem didn't completely go away. The 24-miler was encouraging. The last 6 miles were all under 7mpm. Last year's 24-miler was better, but I am hoping I can get back on track and still run a good marathon in January.